Evoking Children's Spirituality in the Reciprocal Relationships of a Learning Community

Autor/in	Sewell, Alison
Titel	Evoking Children's Spirituality in the Reciprocal Relationships of a Learning Community
Quelle	In: International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 14 (2009) 1, S.5-16 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-436X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Classrooms; Religious Factors; Spiritual Development; Children; Elementary Education; Teacher Student Relationship; Classroom Observation Techniques; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Classroom; Klassenraum; Child; Kind; Kinder; Elementarunterricht; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Neuseeland
Abstract	Findings from my doctoral research suggest that the reciprocal relationships within a learning community can evoke and nurture children's spirituality. The study investigated the development of a community of learners in four primary school classrooms in "Aotearoa" New Zealand. A key finding of this study showed that when teachers and children learned together, shared decisions, and respected and trusted one another, changes were observed in "some" children that could not be explained in intellectual, social or emotional terms. Further analyses of these data revealed qualities that pointed to a spiritual essence. This paper presents these spiritually themed results and explores the argument that the caring, responsive and reciprocal relationships of a community of learners can provide opportunities for spiritual development. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10